Ruben Gallego
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 7th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Ed Pastor |
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 16th district |
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In office January 10, 2011 – March 14, 2014 |
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Preceded by | Cloves Campbell |
Succeeded by | Norma Muñoz |
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Born | Ruben Marinelarena November 20, 1979 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Kate Widland |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Religion | Roman Catholicism[1] |
Website | House website |
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Years of service | 2000–2006 |
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Battles/wars | Iraq War |
Ruben Marinelarena Gallego (born November 20, 1979) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives. He served as assistant minority leader in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2012 until his resignation to run for Congress, due to Arizona's resign-to-run law. Gallego was elected to Congress in the 2014 midterm congressional elections.
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Personal life and education
Gallego was born in Chicago[2] and is a second-generation American. Along with his three sisters, he was raised by a single mother.[3] On August 7, 2008, Ruben Marinelarena changed his name to Ruben Marinelarena Gallego to honor his single mother.[4] Gallego is married to Kate Gallego, a member of the Phoenix City Council.[5] He graduated from Harvard University in 2004.[6]
Gallego currently sits on the boards of Valley Citizens League, the Children’s Museum, and the President’s Community Advisory Board for South Mountain Community College.[7]
Career
Deciding to leave college at Harvard University, Gallego joined the Marines. After completing infantry training, he deployed to Iraq with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Lima/3/25 – as Marines call the 200+ man infantry company, would lose 46 Marines and two Navy corpsmen between January 2005 and January 2006, according to the Marine Corps official website.[8]
Gallego lost his best friend in combat in Iraq.[3] His desire to help fellow veterans motivated the formerly apolitical Gallego to get involved with politics.[8]
In 2011, he was named as a distinguished freshman lawmaker by The Arizona Republic.[9] Gallego's first successful bill granted in-state tuition status to veterans residing in Arizona.[3] Gallego supports the repeal of Arizona SB 1070. He considers education to be the most important long-term priority for Arizona.[6] In 2012, Gallego was elected assistant minority leader.[10]
He founded the group Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement, with the goal of recalling Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Gallego cited Arpaio's immigration policies and his use of taxpayer money to investigate Barack Obama's citizenship as reasons for recalling Arpaio.[11]
Gallego works for Strategies 360 as Director of Latino and New Media operations. He also worked for Riester, one of the largest public relations firms in Arizona, and for Phoenix Councilman Michael Nowakowski.[12]
U.S. House of Representatives
2014 election
On February 27, 2014, Gallego announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress in Arizona's 7th congressional district.[13] Gallego resigned from the Arizona House in March 2014.[14] Mayday PAC, a super PAC seeking to reduce the role of money in politics, announced its endorsement of Gallego because of his impressive evolution on the issue of campaign finance reform.[15] He was elected United States Representative for Arizona's 7th District on November 4, 2014. On February 28, 2013 Gallego voted against an amendment that sought to raise campaign finance limits for federal candidates and abolish all limits for state candidates, HB 2523.[16] He has since been a vocal supporter of the Government By the People Act.[17]
Committee assignments
References
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External links
- Representative Ruben Gallego, official U.S. House website
- Gallego's Twitter account
- Personal Website
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 7th congressional district 2015–present |
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Preceded by | United States Representatives by seniority 395th |
Succeeded by Gwen Graham |
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House: T. Franks • R. Grijalva • P. Gosar • D. Schweikert • A. Kirkpatrick • M. Salmon • K. Sinema • R. Gallego • M. McSally
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